Mumbai

With a population of over 17 million, Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) is the capital of the State of Maharashtra and the commercial, financial and entertainment capital of India. The city is headquarters to almost all of India’s financial institutions, which handle over 35 percent of check clearances in terms of number and 60 percent in terms of value, for the entire country. It is also home to the country’s two largest stock exchanges (Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE), its securities regulatory body (SEBI) and its central bank (the Reserve Bank of India).

Fifteen of the top 20 Indian business houses are also headquartered in Mumbai. Mumbai has two major ports, the Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port, accounting for over 65 percent of India’s container traffic, and its airports handle about two-fifths of India’s international passenger traffic and one-fourth of its domestic passenger traffic.

Mumbai has a wide range of sectors offering significant opportunities, including: entertainment, process controls /instrumentation, machine tools, pollution control, renewable energy, consumer goods, processed foods, infrastructure (ports, rail, roads, power), airport and ground support equipment, education, and scrap (metal, acrylic, paper).

For more information about opportunities in Mumbai contact:

U.S. Commercial Service
The American Center
4, New Marine Lines
MUMBAI 400 020
Tel: 91-22-2265 2511: Fax: 91-22-2262 3850
E-mail: Mumbai.office.box@mail.doc.gov